ThunderClan Clearing

[sturgeonwind]

Dragonflycliff looked at Batmist and just nodded. "I'll go."
- @beau

[Dolomedes]

 

Originally Posted by namen_roodles

Flintclaw

Thunderclan warrior - 22 moons - Massive dark tabby tom with pale blue eyes and a thick scar across his chest.
(Purrks: Killer Aptitude T1)
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Flintclaw didn't feel like what he said had been that impressive of an observation. Any warrior should've been able to pick up on the kit's shortcomings in that hunting crouch and pounce. Obviously whoever had taught her the crouch didn't have enough pride to be thorough. Still, he gave the slightest of nods to acknowledge her statement.

Oh, so Bumblestar would be promoting Rosekit soon, then? After everything... Hold on, the rest of what she was saying began to sink in. Flintclaw was torn between his distaste for Rosekit and his obligation to his clan. At no point should he go denying the education of any kit... Sure, he could be snide or malicious, but as long as the lesson was still learned, he owed that much to the thunderclan as well as his own pride.

"Sure..." The word was slow and careful. He had a fairly good feeling that she would come get him and remind him about it later, once she was promoted. Oh, joy. Perhaps he would turn it into a lesson for both Dizzypaw and her. At least, then, his own apprentice would recieve well needed training. "But if you want training on taking down large predators, you'll need basic battle training, first." He informed her.

Just like that, into the next topic... after one more question, of course.

"Yes, and no," Flintclaw replied. "The basic hunting crouch can be used to hunt anything, but in advanced hunting lessons you will learn about modifications to the hunting crouch that are more effective with different prey." Did Flintclaw know advanced hunting techniques? Yes. Was he good at them? No. He kept it fairly standard when he hunted, which explained his lower side of the average catch rate during hunting patrols.

"Herb gathering patrols are not terribly different from hunting patrols," The massive tabby began. "When thunderclan's medicine cats need herbs, they pull together a patrol and show the warriors how to identify the plants they need before sending them to parts of the territory where the plants they want are most prevalent. It's usually two or three different herbs. You gather as much as you can find and carry before regrouping and returning to camp." He paused a moment.

"Some plants are more dangerous than others, but you would be warned ahead of time if something you needed to gather was poisonous." Which always seemed odd to Flintclaw. What kind of medicine cat needed poisonous plants? They were supposed to heal injuries, but he couldn't understand how poisonous plants could possibly help anyone.

Rosekit

The kit nodded very seriously, thinking about the info being offered to her before once more launching into a tirade of different thoughts and questions for the warrior after leaping from her hunting position. “I understand! I’ll be expecting a lesson on predator hunting after I receive my battle lesson from my mentor, I will come and find you.” On top of the rest of Rosekit’s expectations of Flintclaw, you would think she was naming the warrior her mentor before Bumblestar even gave her the ‘paw suffix. She flicked her tail before moving onto the hunting crouch once more.

“Thank you very much for the feedback! I’ll be sure to bring it up to my mentor so I can be properly taught the different forms.” Flintclaw seemed to be more knowledgeable than her original observation suggested, perhaps she should keep an eye on the warrior and bring him to Bumblestar’s attention for any vacancies in the Hornet team. ( She refused to talk to the head Hornet at this time. That tom has lost his respect in her eyes and didn’t t seem keen on making up what he did to her and her family. ) Of course, whatever promotion the warrior may receive would just have to wait for Rosekit to be in a hornet position first.

“Why would medicine cats need dangerous plants? Aren’t herbs meant to.. well, to heal?” Rosekit questioned, raising a small paw to tap on her chin in thought before it dropped, “Perhaps that would be a question for the medicine cats instead, could you tell me about what herbs you’ve gathered? And what they look like so I can have reference for my future patrols. Oh! Also are there any herbs that are gathered more frequently than others? If you’ve noticed that is.”

[namen_roodles]

 

Originally Posted by Dolomedes

Rosekit

The kit nodded very seriously, thinking about the info being offered to her before once more launching into a tirade of different thoughts and questions for the warrior after leaping from her hunting position. “I understand! I’ll be expecting a lesson on predator hunting after I receive my battle lesson from my mentor, I will come and find you.” On top of the rest of Rosekit’s expectations of Flintclaw, you would think she was naming the warrior her mentor before Bumblestar even gave her the ‘paw suffix. She flicked her tail before moving onto the hunting crouch once more.

“Thank you very much for the feedback! I’ll be sure to bring it up to my mentor so I can be properly taught the different forms.” Flintclaw seemed to be more knowledgeable than her original observation suggested, perhaps she should keep an eye on the warrior and bring him to Bumblestar’s attention for any vacancies in the Hornet team. ( She refused to talk to the head Hornet at this time. That tom has lost his respect in her eyes and didn’t t seem keen on making up what he did to her and her family. ) Of course, whatever promotion the warrior may receive would just have to wait for Rosekit to be in a hornet position first.

“Why would medicine cats need dangerous plants? Aren’t herbs meant to.. well, to heal?” Rosekit questioned, raising a small paw to tap on her chin in thought before it dropped, “Perhaps that would be a question for the medicine cats instead, could you tell me about what herbs you’ve gathered? And what they look like so I can have reference for my future patrols. Oh! Also are there any herbs that are gathered more frequently than others? If you’ve noticed that is.”

Flintclaw

Thunderclan warrior - 22 moons - Massive dark tabby tom with pale blue eyes and a thick scar across his chest.
(Purrks: Killer Aptitude | Just a scratch)
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How many questions could this brat fit in her little head? Flintclaw preferred experience over being explained anything. However, he started to realize he didn't mind explaining how clan life worked. It was forcing him to remember information that was either automatic and completed without a second thought or things that he really hadn't trained on for many moons.

But, stars, why did she talk so much?

Flintclaw gave a small nod to acknowledge her "appreciation", though it didn't really sound like a thank you despite that being the words out of her mouth. He partly hoped that she'd forget about him teaching her anything about fighting predators, but he had to remind himself again that it would be an opportunity to provide that training to Dizzypaw, as well. Two foxes in one den, so to speak.

"You're right, that is a better question for Wolfhawk or Hollowpaw than me. It is their specialty." He replied calmly. He must have done a better job than he'd thought at hiding his distaste for Rosekit, specifically, if she was so hard set on continuing to ask him more questions. And, to think, they still hadn't touched on Battle patrols... though, that one was pretty simple.

"You should already know about cobwebs and moss, which are some of the most frequently gathered and well known items within the medicine cat den," The dark tabby began to accept his fate of forever answering to neverending questions. "It changes more frequently than you would think for herb gathering patrols. Tansy, Juniper, poppy, horsetail... Those are the first that come to mind." Flintclaw narrowed his eyes, trying to remember what each one looked like.

"Tansy is is a tall, green stalked plant with jagged leaves and yellow flowers with petals so dense they almost look like the heads of mushrooms," Oh, this was tedious. "Juniper trees have needles instead of leaves, with dark blue berries that could be mistaken for blueberries. Poppy flowers are usually red, with wide petals where you can clearly see dense seed clusters in the center. Horsetail can be either green with spiky needles popping out of most of the plant, or just a green and brown stalk with the bulbous, brown top that almost looks like a pinecone."

Did he have any idea what any of them did? Well, everyone knew poppy seeds were pain relievers... but outside of that, herbs were pretty much a mystery to Flintclaw. They were far outside his scope of knowledge, he just knew what a few of them looked like. Even with that, he relied on the medicine cat showing him what each plant looked like so he could better identify anything he was looking for.

[Dolomedes]

Rosekit
@namen_roodles

Rosekit flicked her tail, adding to her mental training check list to find a time to visit Wildhawk or Hollowpaw about herb details and perhaps she could even learn some more about the healing properties. Not that she would ever truly want to be a medicine cat, ever, but if the time came the knowledge could be handy. Also it could be good to show her vast knowledge and therefore more reliable and determined as a leader of the flower guard and potential apprentice Hornet.

“Moss, cobwebs, tansy, juniper, poppy, and horsetail…” The kitten repeated the words with closed eyes and attempted to cement the words into his head to bring up to the medicine cats on one of her future training expedition days. Border, hunting, herb… oh! “Tell me more about battle patrols. Is that about predators or other clans? Or both? There’s been otters recently right?” She heard the calling of warriors recently and now that she spoken the words she realized she didn’t know what an otter was. “what is an otter?”

[namen_roodles]

 

Originally Posted by Dolomedes

Rosekit
@namen_roodles

Rosekit flicked her tail, adding to her mental training check list to find a time to visit Wildhawk or Hollowpaw about herb details and perhaps she could even learn some more about the healing properties. Not that she would ever truly want to be a medicine cat, ever, but if the time came the knowledge could be handy. Also it could be good to show her vast knowledge and therefore more reliable and determined as a leader of the flower guard and potential apprentice Hornet.

“Moss, cobwebs, tansy, juniper, poppy, and horsetail…” The kitten repeated the words with closed eyes and attempted to cement the words into his head to bring up to the medicine cats on one of her future training expedition days. Border, hunting, herb… oh! “Tell me more about battle patrols. Is that about predators or other clans? Or both? There’s been otters recently right?” She heard the calling of warriors recently and now that she spoken the words she realized she didn’t know what an otter was. “what is an otter?”

Flintclaw

Thunderclan warrior - 22 moons - Massive dark tabby tom with pale blue eyes and a thick scar across his chest.
(Purrks: Killer Aptitude | Just a scratch)
~~~

Hmm. There were suspiciously few questions, this time. Flintclaw didn't dare to assume the russet kit was running out, no, just slowing down before finding more than she'd ever asked at once before. Yes, that was surely it. However, they were on the final patrol type... perhaps he could see the light at the end of the tunnel.

"Battle patrols are straight forward. They do deal with both, or any threat to the clan. Even if it were a two-leg, a patrol sent for the specific purpose of fighting anything is a battle patrol." The dark tom explained, pale eyes flicking almost instinctively towards Smallpines and narrowing at the thought of the otters on their border. Disgusting creatures.

"We don't know much about otters. We've never had to deal with them before. They're more fish than animal, more so than riverclan cats." He growled. "This is the first time in even our elders' memories that Thunderclan has had to deal with them." He told her, lip curling in disgust. Truth was, he wished he could give more information about them. Give anyone more information about them. It infuriated him to not know how to kill any creature out there, especially one threatening the clan.

[Mr_Possessive]

She/Her - 31 Moons - ThunderClan

Pineblossom peered around the clearing, a squirrel in her maw. As she dropped it by the fresh-kill pile, she padded over to a nice basking spot in the sun and began grooming her pelt. She could hear a kit squeaking about herbs and... otters? The queens gaze raked over the kit and the large tom that the kit was addressing. She looked on, eyes emotionless but entertained nonetheless. (OPEN!)

[alexia]

Originally Posted by Mr_Possessive

She/Her - 31 Moons - ThunderClan

Pineblossom peered around the clearing, a squirrel in her maw. As she dropped it by the fresh-kill pile, she padded over to a nice basking spot in the sun and began grooming her pelt. She could hear a kit squeaking about herbs and... otters? The queens gaze raked over the kit and the large tom that the kit was addressing. She looked on, eyes emotionless but entertained nonetheless. (OPEN!)

Spiralsoul
He/Him | Thunderclan Warrior | 30 moons
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Spiralsoul noticed the she-cat and padded over. "hello there. you must be Pineblossom? i'm spiralsoul.." he meowed nervously.

[Mr_Possessive]

 

Originally Posted by Mistic_Prune

Spiralsoul
He/Him | Thunderclan Warrior | 30 moons
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Spiralsoul noticed the she-cat and padded over. "hello there. you must be Pineblossom? i'm spiralsoul.." he meowed nervously.

She/Her - 31 Moons - ThunderClan

Pineblossom glanced at the tom who was next to her. "Yes, that would be me," she mewed.

[Nahbois]

 

Originally Posted by Idiotic.Bean101

art by ghostzyn on TH
Butterflypaw-She/Her
9 Moons
PURRKS
Agatha Kitty-Inactive


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Eight kits sounds like a big amount too.
At least, if queens don't usually have more than four.
So it sounds like it is?
Maybe?

Anyway, Butterflypaw nods.
"I think they will, they wouldn't stay away on purpose, I don't think." Butterflypaw said with a smile "What are your siblings like?"


@Nahbois

Breezekit
|| She/her || 1 Moon || Just a Scratch ||

"They're good to play with." She stated, before quickly adding, "Except Dreamykit. Not sure how she can sleep that much. She's fine when she's awake though. Not sure why Flamekit's biting bothers some cats. It doesn't hurt." The last sentence was said with a small huff.

If felt a little silly, her need to clarify that one of her sisters was still an enjoyable presence. Who didn't like their littermates, even if they were annoying sometimes? "What are yours like? Besides them liking to explore."

[alexia]

Originally Posted by Mr_Possessive

 

She/Her - 31 Moons - ThunderClan

Pineblossom glanced at the tom who was next to her. "Yes, that would be me," she mewed.

Spiralsoul blushed a little. how's been you day?" he cringed at his own words... too formal.